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The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Western and Central European archaeological culture of the Late Bronze Age (Hallstatt A, Hallstatt B) from the 12th to 8th centuries BC and Early Iron Age Europe (Hallstatt C, Hallstatt D) from the 8th to 6th centuries BC, developing out of the Urnfield culture of the 12th century BC (Late Bronze Age) and followed in much of its area by the La Tène ...
The Hallstatt Archaeological Site in Vače is an Eastern Hallstatt archaeological site in Klenik, a village near Vače on the border between the Styria and Lower Carniola regions in central-eastern Slovenia. It is best known for the Vače Situla, one of the most notable archaeological treasures of Slovenia.
Hallstatt is known for its production of salt, dating back to prehistoric times, and gave its name to the Hallstatt culture, the archaeological culture linked to Proto-Celtic and early Celtic people of the Early Iron Age in Europe, c. 800–450 BC.
The old Hallstatt Museum An old display case from the former museum, used to display Hallstatt grave goods. The earliest discoveries were made in 1846 by Johann Georg Ramsauer, who was the Bergmeister or Official of the Habsburg Salt Mines. He started a series of meticulous excavations on the cemeteries around the mines between 1846 and 1867.
Hallstatt Archaeological Site in Vače [ edit ] North of Klenik and east of Slemšek Hill (680 metres or 2,230 feet), near Vače , is the Hallstatt Archaeological Site in Vače , where the Vače situla , one of the most notable archaeological treasures of Slovenia, was discovered in the Ronkar Ravines ( Slovene : Ronkarjeve drage , part of Klenik).
The Lusatian culture of the Hallstatt periods included most lands of present-day Poland, including the related Białowice culture (Zielona Góra County) in some of the westernmost parts, contemporaneous with Hallstatt C and D and later and credited with the passing of a "cist" (rock encasement) grave type to the Pomeranian culture. Western ...
Hallstatt–Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape: Styria and Upper Austria: 1997 806; iii, iv (cultural) The mining of salt deposits, exploited since the 2nd millennium BCE, brought prosperity to the region. The town gave name to the Hallstatt culture, the Iron Age society.
A Negau helmet excavated at Hallstatt Archaeological Site in Vače, near Vače, Slovenia.Kept by Museum of Prehistory and Early History (Berlin).. The Negau helmets are 26 bronze helmets (23 of which are preserved) dating to c. 450 BC –350 BC, found in 1812 in a cache in Ženjak, near Negau, Duchy of Styria (now Negova, Slovenia). [1]